Script-Drop Orphan users from SQL Server Database
This script will help to find orphan users on all databases and will remove them.
2025-05-20
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Scripts
2025-05-06
1,113 reads
SQL Server Heath Check Script
This script runs a SQL server Health check for services, databases, Always On, replication, CDC job status.
2025-05-05
1,402 reads
fetch an execution plan from SQL Server's buffer cache
To fetch an execution plan from SQL Server's buffer cache (i.e., the in-memory cache of execution plans), you can query the dynamic management views (DMVs) that SQL Server exposes.
2025-04-30
335 reads
List the Databases To Which You Have Access
Explanation: sys.databases contains information about all databases on the SQL Server instance. • HAS_DBACCESS(name) = 1 filters out the databases you dont have access to. •ORDER BY name sorts the result alphabetically.
2025-03-04
431 reads
Database mdf & ldf files size, used space, Free space in MB
This script will help to get the Database mdf & ldf files size, used space, Free space in MB.
2025-02-27 (first published: 2025-02-25)
459 reads
T-SQL Script for Monitoring Database Size in SQL Server
This T-SQL script helps you monitor the size and status of all databases on your SQL Server instance, providing insights into space usage and performance.
2025-01-29 (first published: 2025-01-20)
1,079 reads
Table Index Size
This procedure gets current table and index sizes of particular database and stores it to tables.
2025-01-07
371 reads
Real-Time SQL Server to BigQuery Streaming ETL using CDC
CDC Changes: The script queries the CDC tables in SQL Server to retrieve the changes (inserts, updates, deletes) since the last sync. Each change is processed with a mapped operation type (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE).
Real-Time Streaming to BigQuery: The captured changes are streamed directly to BigQuery using its real-time insert_rows_json method, avoiding the need for batch uploads via Google Cloud Storage.
Tracking Last Sync Time: The script tracks the last synchronization time and updates it after every successful sync, ensuring no data is missed.
Low Latency: By continuously querying the CDC tables and streaming the changes, the script achieves near real-time data synchronization.
2024-11-13 (first published: 2024-10-24)
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Concatenating Multiple Row Values into a Single Comma-Separated List
In scenarios where you need to consolidate multiple rows into a single, comma-separated value, you can achieve this using FOR XML PATH. This script demonstrates how to retrieve volunteer data and display the days they have selected for participation.
2024-11-11 (first published: 2024-10-23)
1,821 reads
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Question of the Day
Finding Trailing Spaces
I have some data in a SQL Server 2025 database. It looks like this for the dbo.Customer table:
CustomerID CustomerName PreferredName 1 Steve Steve 2 Andy Andy 3 Brian Brian 4 Allan Allan 5 Devin Devin 6 Steve Steve 7 Sally SallyI want to detect which names have a single trailing space. The CustomerName is a varchar() and the PreferredName is a CHAR(). Does this query detect the problem rows?
SELECT
CustomerID,
CustomerName,
PreferredName
FROM Customer
WHERE CustomerName <> RTRIM(CustomerName)
OR PreferredName <> RTRIM(PreferredName); See possible answers